Armstead v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

CONCURRING OPINION BY

President Judge DAN PELLEGRINI.

This case involves the grant of a variance from the provisions of the City of Philadelphia Zoning Code to permit Franklin Institute to change an existing passive two-face sign to a digital two-face sign with its message changing every 20 seconds. The sign, not large as signs go, is freestanding on the north side of the building facing Aviator Park which is part of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, itself a part of the Fairmount Park system of Philadelphia. Residential properties are within 700-800 feet of the proposed sign.

The property is…